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Python Python Basics (2015) Letter Game App Random Item

Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points
Posted by Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points

not getting the answer..

hey there In this program not getting where i'm wrong. It showing error " Bummer! Didn't get a correct option back from random_item." please help me to find out the mistake.

item.py 
# EXAMPLE
# random_item("Treehouse")
# The randomly selected number is 4.
# The return value would be "h"
import random
def random_item(iterable):
    number_of_iterable = random.randint(0,len(list(iterable))-1)
    return number_of_iterable
random_item('treehouse')

1 Answer

Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points

Hi there,

You're really close here - the issue is that you're returning number_of_iterable, which is the index, when what it wants is the item at that index. So, you just need to change it to:

return iterable[number_of_iterable]